Since the Sharif family and their party – the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) – are being patronage by the current military establishment, all the cases against them have either been closed or acquitted. | Photo Credit: PTI In a major relief to ex-Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s family, an anti-corruption court on March 14 cancelled … Read more
The Pakistan Cricket Board has conveyed that the national team’s participation in the ODI World Cup is subject to government clearance due to the tense relations between India and Pakistan. File | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has formed a high-level committee, headed by Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto, to decide on the … Read more
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Police in the Pakistani capital filed charges Sunday against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, 17 of his aides and scores of supporters, accusing them of terrorism and several other offenses after the ousted premier‘s followers clashed with security forces in Islamabad the previous day. For hours on Saturday, Khan’s followers clashed with police outside a … Read more
An employee of a petrol station updates the latest fuel prices on a board in Karachi on February 16, 2023, after a hike in prices of petroleum products by the government. | Photo Credit: AFP Pakistan’s National Assembly on Tuesday, February 21, 2023, unanimously passed a money bill aimed at raising tax revenues to fulfil … Read more
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, waves to his supporters from behind a bullet-proof glass window on November 26, 2022, in his first public appearance since he was wounded in a gun attack earlier this month. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan’s former premier Imran Khan said on Saturday his party was quitting the country’s regional … Read more
The Pakistan government has filed a Rs 7 billion (USD 41.9 million) money laundering case against the Leader of the Opposition Shahbaz Sharif and his family. Shahbaz, 69, is the younger brother of former premier Nawaz Sharif. He served as chief minister of Punjab from 2008 to 2018. Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior … Read more